What cars did you have before the F-type?

Morris Marina 1.6 c/w leaf-spring rear suspension as used on horse & carriage 😂
Peugeot 104 - another hand-me-down 🙄
Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0
Vauxhall Cavalier SRi (wooo hooo)
Vauxhall Calibra 2.5 v6 / CBR600
BMW Z4 3.0 / Repsol Fireblade
BMW Z4 3.0 Si
Jaguar F-Type P380 awd

Hoping to finish with a Ferrari.
 
Great thread, here's mine
Golf 1.5 GL
Escort MK3 1.6 Ghia
Then a break while I was at Uni...
Peugeot 106 van
Fiat Punto 55S
Rover 200
Mazda MX3 1.8 V6
Ford Cougar 2.5 V6
MR2 GTS Turbo (the one I wish I'd kept)
Nissan S14a 200SX
BMW 320D
Alfa Romeo 156 2.4JTD
Alfa Romeo GT 1.9JTD
Audi A3 3.2Q
Audi A3 3.2Q DSG
Audi A4 S Line Black series
Alfa Romeo 159 TI
Jaguar XF 2.2D Premium
Alfa Romeo Giulia Speciale
Jaguar F Type P300
Numerous bikes in-between...
 
Citroen bx - appalling first car but had electric windows
Vauxhall senator 2.5i
Audi 80 coupe 16v
BMW z3 2.8i
Landrover Freelander
BMW 330i sport convertible
BMW 630i converrible
Mini Cooper s
BMW m3 v8 convertible still got
Defender 90 xs puma 2016 plate
Skoda yeti still got
Mini Cooper s f56 still got
Landrover Freelander - still got
Ftype p450 awd still got
 
32 cars so far, in the order that I had them, often more than one car at a time for last number of years. * marked for still current. Not included my wife’s, she has had seven and tends to keep them a long time. Her favourite was a Red two door Golf GTI mk6 and she kept it for 10 years.

Austin Mini Super Deluxe. x2
Austin 1100
Vauxhall VX490
Ford Capri 1600XL mk1
Hillman Hunter 1725
Ford escort estate 1600L mk2
Ford cortina 1600GL estate mk4. x2
Vauxhall Cavalier 1600GLS mk2
Ford Sierra 2.0 Ghia
Volvo 740 GL saloon
Volvo 740 GL estate. x2
Saab 9000 CSE. x2
BMW 523i (E39)
Volvo S80
Mercedes Benz E320 Elegance
Lexus RX400H. x2
Lexus RX450H. x2
Mazda MX5 2.0 Sport
Porsche Boxster (987) S Sport
Porsche 911 (991) S
Porsche Macan Turbo Gen1
Rover MG RV8 * (1993)
Lotus Elise Sport 220
Porsche Macan GTS Gen2
F type P450 AWD *
Porsche Macan GTS Gen3 *
 
Roughly in order (I occasionally had 2 cars at once as I needed to be able to drive in really poor weather (I've had a few RWD BMWs :D )

Hillman Hunter 1725
Fiat X1/9 1.5
Lancia Beta Coupe 2.0
Fiat Uno 55S (I was skint after the Lancia :D )
Fiat Strada 130TC
Fiat Uno Turbo ie (mk2)
Renault Clio 16V (the original one that spawned the Williams and also my first new car)
Subaru Impreza Turbo (94 model and one of only 400 imported with alloy bonnet and ventilated rear discs-hows that for nerdism - it was before they became popular and it handled like a stuck pig.
VERY understeery)
Subaru Impreza Turbo firsts tweak of original model (known at the time as the high torque engine and rumoured to have suspension mods copied from Prodrive. Much better car to drive)
Golf MkIV GT TDI
SEAT Toledo 1.9TDi (I'd gone self employed :) )
Skoda Octavia 2.0 tdi (DSG, my first auto)
BMW 123D The worlds first all alloy mass production diesel apparently and it had sequential turbos)
Audi A4 3.0TDi Quattro S line
Mercedes C350 Diesel (AMG lite, ie it had some ridiculously pointless bits with AMG stamped on them)
Fiat Sedici 1.9TDi 4x4 (now needed a second car as the Merc couldn't drive in more than 1mm of snow)
BMW M135i (quick and fun)
Suzuki Grand Vitara 4x4 still needed a second car as the BMW couldn't drive when there was a snowflake on the ground (it was the SWB with a boot the size of a 'going out somewhere special' handbag)
BMW M4 DCT (F82) a properly wild ride
Suzuki Vitara 1.6 diesel All Grip-Yep, you guessed it, needed a second car as the BMW couldn't drive when there was rumour of a snowflake coming in the next week or two
Hyundai Kona 1.6 4x4 (the Vitara PCP had ended)
BMW M3 CP 4x4 (G80)
Peugeot 3008 4x4 PHEV (I got an offer I couldn't refuse, even thought he M3 could actually handle over 2 snowflakes at a time)
Jaguar F Type R75 (nuff said)


Think thats all
 
There are some mental lists in this thread, and mine is no match:

1999 Ford Fiest Zetec S
2007 Fiesta ST MK6
2009 BMW 125i E82
2015 Audi TT Quattro

And now, the mighty F-Type, my favourite one yet!
 
Webarno said:
There are some mental lists in this thread, and mine is no match:

1999 Ford Fiest Zetec S
2007 Fiesta ST MK6
2009 BMW 125i E82
2015 Audi TT Quattro

And now, the mighty F-Type, my favourite one yet!
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Yeah, but the good news is you’re only about twenty-five.
We’re all forty years older 😂
 
Lady Eleanore said:
Moss said:
Yeah, but the good news is you’re only about twenty-five.
We’re all forty years older 😂
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My first car, the Hillman Hunter 1725, is not the cc of the car but the year it was made.
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I always thought those numbers on Leyland cars were their life expectancy before rust & rot had them scrapped.
 
cj10jeeper said:
Lady Eleanore said:
Moss said:
Yeah, but the good news is you’re only about twenty-five.
We’re all forty years older 😂
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My first car, the Hillman Hunter 1725, is not the cc of the car but the year it was made.
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I always thought those numbers on Leyland cars were their life expectancy before rust & rot had them scrapped.
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In hours or minutes?
 
Webarno said:
There are some mental lists in this thread, and mine is no match:

1999 Ford Fiest Zetec S
2007 Fiesta ST MK6
2009 BMW 125i E82
2015 Audi TT Quattro

And now, the mighty F-Type, my favourite one yet!
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Finally another TT on some else's list! 😅
 
WShudds said:
Webarno said:
There are some mental lists in this thread, and mine is no match:

1999 Ford Fiest Zetec S
2007 Fiesta ST MK6
2009 BMW 125i E82
2015 Audi TT Quattro

And now, the mighty F-Type, my favourite one yet!
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Finally another TT on some else's list! 😅
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My car list is boring... always had estates or hatchbacks for lugging my drumkit around!

Then I splashed out on a new 2016 Audi TTS Mk3.

Traded in for my 400 Sport a couple of years later. 😁
 
I'll join the party too.... desperately trying to remember if there's another car somewhere in my history, as 19 cars as a number is messing with my head - suppose it's always an opportunity to trade up to an SVR... not sure the missus will see it that way!

VW Beetle 1300
Mk1 Escort 1600
Alfa Giulietta 1600
Fiat Strada 105TC
VW Scirocco GTS
Fiesta XR2
VW Scirocco GTII
VWScirroco GTX
Alfa 155 2.0
Ford Puma
Ford Focus ST170
Mazda MX5
Land Rover Freelander
VW Tiguan 2.0 TDI
BMW 318
BMW E85 Z4 2.5
BMW E86 Z4 Coupe 3.0
Audi TT SLine 2.0
Jaguar F Type V6S
 
Big respect for the Strada 105TC F-Typo

Did yours rust as fast as my Strada. Boot lid replaced before it was 3 years old as the original had rotted off. Clutch cable snapped every 10k miles too (a fault of the 130TC, not sure if it affected other Stradas?). Also, the starter solenoid spade connector kept falling off and it was buried down underneath the lovely big carburettors :) My arms were barely long enough to put it back on

Driving around 30k miles a year aat the time and working away from home, sometimes on my own, I found I knew very little about cars until I bought the Abarth :D Luckily a local specialist showed what to do and in the end I could replace my own clutch cable. Something I am very proud of and something many of my male friends still couldn't do :D (not so sure I would want to do it now though).
 
Hard to remember really.

Land Rover Series II (still own it)
Fiesta MK2
Land Rover 90
Fiesta MK3
Ford Focus MK1 1.8TD
Peugeot 405 estate GTD Turbo
Ford Focus MK2 Sport
Audi S4 (B5) with the 2.7TT engine - my first "fast" car
Lotus Exige S2
BMW E92 335i
Audi A3 3.2 Quattro
BMW E61 530i
BMW F31 340i (still owned, will never sell...)
Merc A250e
F Type R
 
Golf Mk1
Escort Encore
Escort TDI
Mondeo 1.6 Auto
Escort TDI
Ford Probe 16v (black)
Ford Probe 16v (green)
Ford Probe 24v (blue)
Volvo V40
Volvo V40 T4
Volvo V70
Volvo XC60
Volvo XC90
BMW X3
Landrover Discovery HSE 5
Mustang Mach-E (going Friday)
BMW i5 Touring M Sport Pro (coming Friday)
..and I still have my cherished F-Type P575 R 🤗
 
40 years
A few cars & bikes, i always glanced back as i walked away

Vivia GT
Firenza HP
Capri 3.0 mk 2 ghia
XR2 mk1
Rs turbo mk 2
Escort Mk1 v6 (transplant)
Tvr 400 se
Golf gti cab
Mecredes c36 amg
Audi RS2
Honda integra type r
Tvr griffith 4.3
Lotus elise mk2
Honda accord type r
Tvr griffith 500
Tvr Cebera 4.2
Aprilia RSV4
Gsxr750
F type v8 r
 
adrianw65 said:
40 years
A few cars & bikes, i always glanced back as i walked away

Vivia GT
Firenza HP
Capri 3.0 mk 2 ghia
XR2 mk1
Rs turbo mk 2
Escort Mk1 v6 (transplant)
Tvr 400 se
Golf gti cab
Mecredes c36 amg
Audi RS2
Honda integra type r
Tvr griffith 4.3
Lotus elise mk2
Honda accord type r
Tvr griffith 500
Tvr Cebera 4.2
Aprilia RSV4
Gsxr750
F type v8 r
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Nice to see another Integra and Accord Type R on the list - I enjoyed owning both, the Accord being a bit more grown up but still fun
 
Lady Eleanore said:
Big respect for the Strada 105TC F-Typo

Did yours rust as fast as my Strada. Boot lid replaced before it was 3 years old as the original had rotted off. Clutch cable snapped every 10k miles too (a fault of the 130TC, not sure if it affected other Stradas?). Also, the starter solenoid spade connector kept falling off and it was buried down underneath the lovely big carburettors :) My arms were barely long enough to put it back on

Driving around 30k miles a year aat the time and working away from home, sometimes on my own, I found I knew very little about cars until I bought the Abarth :D Luckily a local specialist showed what to do and in the end I could replace my own clutch cable. Something I am very proud of and something many of my male friends still couldn't do :D (not so sure I would want to do it now though).
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Ah, it was a mk1 so had a face only a mother could love, but for a 1600cc went like stink. Lovely ferrari-esque dials and a gear lever like a sex toy :D
For some reason I never got to the bottom of, it would tend towards understeer when turning right and oversteer when turning left - but drove straight with no pull.... oh and I had to have the gearbox rebuilt because the synchro went on third gear.. not the first Fiat had seen... But it was a hoot! KDM 666Y where are you now?
 
Funnily enough, I had to have my gearbox rebuilt and it cost a fortune. Garage said it was because it had a ZF racing box :D Well I think technically it might have been made by ZF, but that was about it. I loved the car, but it and my previous Lancia Beta Couple pretty much cleaned me out financially. Fantastic seats though, only problem was they couldn't tip forward very far as they hit the headlining, so as it was a 3 dr, only slim flexible people could get into the back :D I once had two rugby player sized guys in the car (lucky me you say :D) and I had to let one of them drive as neither could get into the back of the car.
 
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